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On one-dimensional local rings and Berger’s conjecture

Part of: Local rings and semilocal rings Curves Differential algebra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2023

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Cleto B. Miranda-Neto*
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Departamento de Matemática, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil (cleto@mat.ufpb.br)
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Abstract

Let k be a field of characteristic zero and let $\Omega_{A/k}$ be the universally finite differential module of a k-algebra A, which is the local ring of a closed point of an algebraic or algebroid curve over k. A notorious open problem, known as Berger’s Conjecture, predicts that A must be regular if $\Omega_{A/k}$ is torsion-free. In this paper, assuming the hypotheses of the conjecture and observing that the module ${\rm Hom}_A(\Omega_{A/k}, \Omega_{A/k})$ is then isomorphic to an ideal of A, say $\mathfrak{h}$, we show that A is regular whenever the ring $A/a\mathfrak{h}$ is Gorenstein for some parameter a (and conversely). In addition, we provide various characterizations for the regularity of A in the context of the conjecture.

Keywords

module of differentialsone-dimensional regular local ringBerger’s Conjecturealgebraic and algebroid curveshomological characterizations of regularity

MSC classification

Primary: 13N05: Modules of differentials 13H05: Regular local rings
Secondary: 14H20: Singularities, local rings
Type
Research Article
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Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society , Volume 66 , Issue 2 , May 2023 , pp. 437 - 452
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